Dunkelheit
Produktionen is
proud to present the full-length debut of Dead
Procession, Rituais e
Mantras do Medo, along with a bonus cd featuring all
Dead Procession's
past releases.

"A shadowy entity hailing from the fertile
underground of Portugal,
Dead Procession began in 2009 with a series of
three, super-limited
demo tapes - each limited to only 33 copies, in
fact. The style back
then was keyboard-driven ambient/drone, but with the
release of a split
7" with fellow countrymen Black Cilice in 2013, Dead
Procession
developed its ambient/drone to include vocals, and
also garnered more
attention due to the fortuitous pairing: a shared
sensibility of
otherworldly wanderlust, of magisterial melancholy,
despite utilizing
seemingly opposed means. However, with Rituais e
Mantras do Medo, Dead
Procession display that a tangibly black metal
atmosphere can be
created without using any conventional black metal
at all. Here, the
development on the split with Black Cilice follows
forward toward a
ritualistic sort of drone/doom full of contemplation
and wonderment,
embracing the vast expanses of the natural world
whilst remaining
resolutely alone and isolated. Each of the five
tracks across the album
start with the barest of fundaments and then build
from there, the
textures subtly unfolding as the trance takes hold.
In fact, the album
title itself translates to "Rituals and Mantras of
Fear" in English,
and it's this very emphasis on the nightside that
suggests that Dead
Procession in general and Rituais e Mantras de Medo
in particular
together form a sort of "shadow self" to black metal
but, again, not
being remotely "black metal" by any conventional
definition of the
term." (Text by Nathan Birk)

With solemn pride, Dunkelheit Produktionen will
present the album on
2CD edition and digital.